"So, Mr. Chairman," concluded Sir Louis, *T think we have every reason to look to the future here and at home with steady confidence. "There sound progress being made at home, and from now on we shall be in a better and stronger position than ever fo enlarge the commercial relations between China and Great Britain, "We shall, I hope, be able to buy more China produce as well as sell more British goods to China, and in partnership with Chinese interests we play a bigger and belter part In the development of this great country. T have a profound respect for the way in Which our people out here have carried on in the Inst few dif cult years, and am convinced that reap the reward in the years Consul-General Speaks 'A few remarks were addressed 10 the meeting by. Mr. J. W. O. Davidson, acting British "Consul-General, who said that the British Community. would regret the departure of Mayor Wu Te-chen, through whom such pleasant relationships had been built with the Shanghai City Government. He trusted. there would be break in this relationship.
Commenting on the outside roads Issue, the said that it was too early to comment as to the tentative agreement which was recently made, Dut he felt that settlement of this problem would remove an outstand-Ing cause of friction.
Mr. Davidson also make a strong plea to British employers to urge their recruits to attend the Chamber's, Tanguage school, for he felt that a knowledge of the Chinese language was becoming increasingly more important for department heads and fexccutives of foreign firms in China.
nothing more, it would serve to break the ice and give a better sight into Chinese character and thought, Complimenting Mr. Calder Marshall for his work as Chairman of the Chamber, Mr. Davidson said that Mr. Marshall, like Montague of the Bank of England, just went on being re-elected, and giving unstintedly of his time 16 all British activities.
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